The evening world. Newspaper, December 8, 1922, Page 16

. ‘Tiny, Brave 110-Pound Woman Finds Thrills and Treasure as a Diver in Deep-Sea Salvage Work Mrs. Margaret Goodman, Only Feminine Salvager in the World, Does Her Own Diving and Grappling and Invents New Ways of Raising Sunken Ships. By Ruth Snyder. “1 dare say I have a most unusual hobby, that of deep sea salvage— ome call it treasure hunting. 1 know 1 am the only woman tn the worid “fools rush in where angels fear to tread.’ "’ The soft, low tones came flouting) ~ up from a distance way below. A} She toyed nervously, feverishly with five inches—shrugged a thin pair of] about her very “‘denish” apartment. shoulders and giggied girlishly newspaper woman: fe."” determinedly on the table in front of The blue eyes of Mrs. Margaret] her. Goodman glistened with animation. “One day while rid. t to explain. “I am engaged { who has been crazy enough to take up that line of work as @ vocation, But} the salvage business—and I'm in it West 42nd Street (Between 5th and 6th Avenues) West 43rd Street Uttle mite of a woman—four fect and] the papers and photographs strewn] plain the nature and some of the de- cAn EXTRAORDINARY SALE TO-MORROW of “When a wreck is buried: more than “But 1 want new thrills, You know] “I will tell you how I first started] 126 feet, I use a tank or diving cham- MISSES’ & newspaper woman—I was once &|in at this kind of work, five years|ber—which, so far, has never been is always looking |ago."* A chair seraped across the} exhibited before the public. This will, ‘ for something new—a new thrill from| floor, A pair of elbows were planted with ita arms, walking spuds and pro- High Quality Fur-Trimmed Suits , . > . ‘THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, DEOEMBER 8, 1922. bound train I had as my companion|tachment. A powerful searchlight Is| truss is designed for a load of 800tons| telephone wire through the centre, Anna Peck, the woman Who holds the] used to locate the sunken’ yeasel. or more, so the lifting capacity of the| connected directly with the helmet. world’s record for mountain climbing entire arrangement 1s more than 900] Mp. Goodman, despite her small sex. I got to figuring If| “But in the case of the New Bruns-| tons. stature, is not afraid of anything— among her Mrs. Peck could hold the honors for] wick, which I am going to salvage] ‘Then there aro six grapplers which|oxcept, perhaps, her husband's and climbing to the top of the world, I] next year, another method will bejare placed on the sunken vessel—|daughter’s opinton. Her husband is could go after the honors of going to] used, three on each side of the wreck. One} not eo keen on this “diving business” the bottom of the world.” “The New Brunswick was lost in|diver working for two hours can/and so she ts continually “between the So “Petite Peggy,” a8 she was then] August, 1859. Its spars remained In]place these six grapplers, or two]devil and the deep sea.” Well, now— known, temporarily tucked away her|sight for two months, until the tce|divets working for one hour can|of course— writing career on Michigan paper,|swept them away. But the location | place them. But— abandoned for a while her campaign] had been marked. ‘The hull ts belleved pata work for the National Progressive|to rest on a clay bottom, and proba-| “Automobiles in the past have done] “It isn't the actual diving that fas- Party in Michigan, for whom she had] bly has not shifted greatly. The craft]many things, but they have never] cinates mo, although I have done lots done such useful work that Theodore] was 160 feet long, 26 feet beam, with | raised a ship before,” continued Capt.| of that,"* the little 110 pound Captain Roosevelt had presented her with alonly 24 feet of cargo space and a|Margaret. “In the case of the New| concluded certificate of honor, and set out for] 12.foot hold, Most of Its cargo was] runswick, an automobile will be] “It's the age-old struggle with “ventures new." chained to the decks, and experts be-|used for power to raise the ship. It| Mother Nature to get what man needs, _ lieve that the valuable timber hus|wiil be located on one of the ecows,| There are thrills a plenty when one is She beard of the steamer Pewabic} been preserved excellently in the] Tho wheels of the automobile are re-| deep down in the clear waters of our which had sunk away back in .s65] water.” moved and pulleys are substituted. | great takes. Fish come nosing thelt in the angry waters of Lake Horon no The car is then belted up to the coun-| way up to ine. ‘Then you can eee the With as valuable cargo of copper and| ‘The New Brunswick is buried in|tershaft. When the signal ts given| huge descending claw hovering above fron, SI srmined to locate this|only fifty er, but because |to #0 ahead I will be tn the car. Ifand then swinging to and fro in tts vunien’ weasel and salvage it. She|of tho shallow character of the late| Will throw It Into high gear, open the| uncertain course—ready to crush scouted through the archives offat this point and the treacherous heen let in the clutch—and let} whatever it bites. Michigan newspapers. in vain, She] eddies, the most expert has failed In| her go. sought for data until she finally dis- | th salvaging this vessel, 2 vovered’ {n an old scrapbook the in-| Goodr nfident, bie formation she desired. She found i that the Captain of the vesvel was still alive, although 200 miles away from where she lived After soekinz him out, she gathored toge necessary data, machinery, set out. “YOU never can do it, lady." An old sea-sallor spat atetaintully tuto i ee i ee eee fe lake and shook a weather-beaten j ‘ F Cm =| wea To Aid the Maternity Center Association— — Mrs, Goodman's up on 107th The diving suits used by Mrs.| Street in this city is full of relics, Phe . Goodman are of improved type. The] little hostess will keep darting here fter 1 have gone down to locate]a!- is furnished'from a tank and kept] and there, unearthing first a battered the veasel,"’ she explained, “I will use|constantly purified by vassing,through| silver platter, then a piece of cloth two 600-ton deck scows, joined to-]a cartridge containing caustic sodajand shoes galore, with round stubhy gether in the form of a catamaran} for the elimination of carbonic gas.|toes, all plainly souvenirs of by-gonc ‘so trusses. Hach ralsing cable is of steel, with a days. ind| by three tran head. “But ike Columbus I kept salling on,” Mra. Goodman oar: hos (December 6th to oth, inclusive)—We are devoting a generous he accomplished what cther ~ P x awe nanny ones ge tong dnolaied percentage of all sales made in the Toy and Infants’ Wear impossible. After two years of work Departments to further the work of this great cause for bt a ) cargo . . . the, ewanie, “with tee ie/ Ooiepe Sate: humanity's sake. One hundred prominent society women will take charge of these departments ; 25 serving each day was raised to the surfaco and Mrs Goodman with one victory behind her started out to find new ficlds to conquer, * Chairmesi Friday ; Sahiadey in charge Mrs. Guy Fairfax Cary “Mrs. John S. 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